Heena (1997 - June 11, 2005) was a police dog of the
Mumbai Police,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Heena was a sniffer
Labrador
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trained by the police to sniff out
explosives. The high point of his career was the detection of
RDX
RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive") or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (O2N2CH2)3. It is a white solid without smell or taste, widely used as an explosive. Chemically, it is classified as a ...
explosives in a
BEST bus in the suburb of
Andheri
Andheri ( n̪d̪ʱeɾiː is a locality in the western part of the city of Mumbai in India. Udayanagari, the name of a hill near the Mahakali caves, inspired the name Andheri. On the former islet of Versova, also known as Vasave, there was ano ...
. He successfully identified hidden explosives in the bus which would have otherwise killed many in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
's crowded streets. He was honoured for this act by the police who gave him a rank of one of their own.
His long hours with the Mumbai Police Force took a toll on him and he died due to
kidney failure
Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as eit ...
.
See also
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Zuyaqui Zuyaqui (died 2000s) was a Mexican dog who, according to SEDENA, was the dog who found the most drugs in Mexican military and police history.
Zuyaqui was a German Shepherd dog. He gained fame as his exploits became known on international media.
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- a Mexican police dog.
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List of individual dogs
This is a list of individual famous actual dogs; for famous dogs from fiction, see List of fictional dogs.
Actors
Advertising
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External links
Telegraph India article
1997 animal births
2005 animal deaths
Individual dogs
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